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Astronomy
"Lab Text for Elementary
Astronomy" 11th edition
William Lahaise, Georgia Perimeter College
Ulrike Lahaise, Georgia Perimeter College
Mariam Dittmann, Savannah Technical College
ISBN: 0-89892-388-3
This manual which is newly revised for Spring 2012
has 25 labs that are each divided into two parts. First is a
preparation section to be read by the student before coming to the
laboratory. It consists of all the material that students need to
know before performing the lab. Part two is the laboratory exercise
itself with results to be handed in by each student at the end of
each lab period.
Table of Contents
- Mathematical Review
LABORATORY EXERCISES
1- Celestial Coordinates
2- Telescopes
3- Observing Session
4- Eclipses
5- Retrograde Motion of Mars
6- Planetary Orbits and Kepler's Laws
7- The Moons of Jupiter
8- The Moon
9- The Rotation of Mercury
10- Venus
11- Mars
12- Jupiter
13- Asteroids
14- Light and Sprctra
15- The Sun
16- Parallax
17- Classification of Stellar Spectra
18- The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and the Properties of Stars
19- Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades
20- Stars and Nebulae
21- Distance to a Star Cluster
22- Galactic Rotation
23- Galaxies
24- Large-scale Structure of the Universe
25- The Expansion of the Universe
"Astronomy: A Laboratory
Textbook
With Internet Exercises" 3rd edition
John W. Wilson, Georgia State University
ISBN: 0-89892-202-X
The laboratory exercises in this manual have been
developed over a period of 18 years. During this time they have been
used by thousands of students at Georgia State University. It may be
used in a one-semester Astronomy lab course, or in a two-semester
course as it is used at Georgia State.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
LABORATORY EXERCISES
- Basic Drawing and Measuring
- Measurements and Powers of Ten
- The Celestial Sphere and Planispheres
- Eclipse Predicting
- Planetary Orbits
- The Mass of Jupiter
- Refraction and Reflection of Light
- Simple Lenses and Telescopes
- Lunar Features
- Relative Ages of Martian Landscapes
- Spectroscopy and Atomic Structure
- The Inverse-Square Law
- Rotation of the Sun
- Eclipsing and Spectroscopic Binary Stars
- Ages and Distances of Star Clusters
- The Period-Luminosity Relation
- Galaxy Classification
- Hubble's Law
OBSERVING EXERCISES
- Star Trail Photography
- Lunar Photography
- Planetary Photography
- Stellar Magnitudes and Colors
- Solar Photography
- Piggyback Photography
- Photographic Photometry of Variable Stars
- Outdoor Lighting and the Astronomical Environment
INTERNET EXERCISES
- Exploring the Solar System
- Spaced Out Telescopes
- Planetary Connections
- Cosmic Connections
VISITING AN OBSERVATORY
"A Laboratory Textbook for
Introductory Astronomy"
7th edition
Kermit E. Duckett, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
ISBN: 0-89892-335-2
First published in 1979, this manual has evolved
through six editions. Its approach is to provide a conceptual
understanding of the Universe through clarification of the more
general principles of Physics and their applicability to
astronomical phenomena. The student is expected to be reasonably
well versed in algebra and to be familiar with basic trigonometric
expressions.
Table of Contents
EXPERIMENTS
1- Sky Maps
2- Measurements and Unit Conversions
3- Constellation Identification
4- Odysseus Sets Sail
5- Angles and Coordinates
6- Sundial Construction and Apparent Solar Time
7- Sidereal Time
8- Acceleration of Gravity
9- The Telescope
10- Inverse Square Law of Gravitational Attraction
11- The Moon's Orbit
12- Stellar Magnitude and Distance
13- Solar Observations
14- The Solar Constant
15- The Moon
16- Geometrical Optics
17- Spectral Properties
18- The Speed of Light- Roemer's Method
19- Mass and Rotation of Saturn and it's Rings
20- Spectral Classification
21- Proper Motion
22- How Far is the Galactic Center?
23- Cosmic Distance Scale
24- Pulsars
25- Hubbles Law
THE SKY EXERCISES
S1- An Introduction to the Stars and Constellations
S2- Annual Celestial Path of the Sun- The Ecliptic
S3- Elliptical Orbit of the Earth
S4- Phases and Orbit of the Moon
S5- Determination of Stellar Distance by the Method of
Trigonometric Parallax
CONTEMPORARY LABORATORY EXERCISES in ASTRONOMY
1- The Revolution of the Moons of Jupiter
2- The Rotation of Mercury Using Doppler Radar
3- The Flow of Energy Out of the Sun
4- Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades
5- The Classification of Stellar Spectra
6- The Hubble Redshift Distance Relation
7- Radio Astronomy of Pulsars
8- Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
TELESCOPE PRACTICUUMS
1- Celestial Observations Using the Telescope
2- Astrophotography and the CCD Camera
3- Introduction to the Digital Darkroom
4- Color Astrophotography
5- Stellar Color and Surface Temperature
"Lab Text for Elementary
Astronomy" 11th edition
William Lahaise, Georgia Perimeter College
Ulrike Lahaise, Georgia Perimeter College
Mariam Dittmann, Savannah Technical College
ISBN: 0-89892-388-3
This manual which is newly revised for Spring 2012
has 25 labs that are each divided into two parts. First is a
preparation section to be read by the student before coming to the
laboratory. It consists of all the material that students need to
know before performing the lab. Part two is the laboratory exercise
itself with results to be handed in by each student at the end of
each lab period.
Table of Contents
- Mathematical Review
LABORATORY EXERCISES
1- Celestial Coordinates
2- Telescopes
3- Observing Session
4- Eclipses
5- Retrograde Motion of Mars
6- Planetary Orbits and Kepler's Laws
7- The Moons of Jupiter
8- The Moon
9- The Rotation of Mercury
10- Venus
11- Mars
12- Jupiter
13- Asteroids
14- Light and Sprctra
15- The Sun
16- Parallax
17- Classification of Stellar Spectra
18- The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and the Properties of Stars
19- Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades
20- Stars and Nebulae
21- Distance to a Star Cluster
22- Galactic Rotation
23- Galaxies
24- Large-scale Structure of the Universe
25- The Expansion of the Universe
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